urn:taro:utarl.02059 Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records: A GuideFinding aid prepared by Cassandra Bartol Finding aid encoded by Cassandra Bartol, April 1, 2011. Finding aid written in English. June 24, 2011Encoding updated by Claire C. Galloway Descriptive Summary Association of Professional Flight Attendants Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records 1979-1993 The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) was formed in 1977 as an independent union representing flight attendants of American Airlines who had previously been represented by the Transport Workers Union. Today, through acquisitions by AMR Corporation, parent company of American Airlines, APFA has grown to 12,000 members and is the second largest of the flight attendant unions. These records of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants include printed materials, correspondence, and news-clippings. Unprocessed mss. 2009-461 box (1.0 linear ft.) Materials are in English. Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library Historical Note

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) was formed in 1977 as an independent union representing flight attendants of American Airlines who had previously been represented by the Transport Workers Union. Today, through acquisitions by AMR Corporation, parent company of American Airlines, APFA has grown to 12,000 members and is the second largest of the flight attendant unions.

 Scope and Contents

These records of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants include printed materials, correspondence, and news-clippings.

Access

Open for research.

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 Acquisition

Gift, Unknown date.

Accessioned as number 2009-46.

 Citation

Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records, Unprocessed mss. 2009-46, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library.

 Related Material

Unprocessed mss. 94-28: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1991)

Unprocessed mss. 97-28: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1979-1993)

Unprocessed mss. 98-32: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1976-1997)

Unprocessed mss. 2005-25: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1949-2002)

Unprocessed mss. 2007-28: Association of Professional Flight Attendants, Denise Hedges Records (1987-2000)

Unprocessed mss. 2008-32: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1978-2008)

Unprocessed mss. 2009-20: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1987-2007)

Unprocessed mss. 2009-47: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1978-1991)

Unprocessed mss. 2009-48: Association of Professional Flight Attendants Records (1982-2007)

 Index Terms

These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Organizations Association of Professional Flight Attendants--Archives.Association of Professional Flight Attendants--Records and Correspondence Alternate TitlesTexas Labor Archives